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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition [SB-1021]
Prohibiting certain owners of a cemetery from selling or transferring the cemetery without the approval of the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight; exempting certain religious organizations from the requirement to obtain an approval from the Director; authorizing a governmental unit to acquire an abandoned cemetery under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements for the sale, transfer, or government acquisition of a cemetery.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/17/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to affordable housing developed on property owned by religious institutions. [HB-514]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Religion ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; allow religious institutions to develop affordable housing with only a ministerial submission to review by a planning unit for compliance with the provisions of the section if the development is on land owned by a religious institution, exclusively contains affordable housing for a period of 10 years, and contains fewer than 25 units; require compliance with design standards of the planning unit with the option to obtain a variance; require continuing compliance with the section; allow for
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Local Government (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the exemption of churches from sales and use taxes. [HB-453]
[Taxes ]
[Religion ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to exempt religious institutions from sales and use tax; amend KRS 139.200 and 139.495 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing Kentucky's public postsecondary institutions to combat antisemitism. [SJR-55]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Direct the governing board of public postsecondary education institutions to adopt policies to combat antisemitism and require implementation until June 30, 2028; establish the requirements for the policies; require each institution to report data collected through policies to the Council on Postsecondary Education; and require the Council on Postsecondary Education to compile and report data to the Legislative Research Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 157) on 04/02/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to chaplains in schools. [HB-454]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to require school districts and public charter schools to employ a chaplain or accept a chaplain as a volunteer; set eligibility for employed and volunteer chaplains; require that employed and volunteer chaplains submit background checks; amend KRS 160.380 to include a volunteer chaplain as an adult who is required to have a background check; provide that the Act may be cited as the Teachers and School Chaplains Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Wesley
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/14/2025
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Montana 2025 Regular Session
Generally revise laws relating to volunteer church security teams [HB-478]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Generally revise laws relating to volunteer church security teams
Sponsored by: Rep. Nelly Nicol
(h) Died In Process on 05/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. [HB-2696]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Raymond
Read First Time on 03/18/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools. [SB-11]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Sent To The Governor on 05/27/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. [SB-10]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Signed In The House on 06/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence [HB-1331]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Regulating the manner in which a developer or deployer of artificial intelligence must protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a developer that offers to sell a certain artificial intelligence system to provide certain information and make certain disclosures; requiring a deployer to implement a certain risk management policy and take certain precautions to protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a deployer to complete an impact assessment and make certain disclosures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Volunteer Aides - School Chaplain [HB-1395]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide support services to students.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - State House Trust - Ten Commandments Monument Display Act [HB-1472]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Religion ]
Requiring a certain Ten Commandments Monument to be placed on the grounds of the Maryland State House; requiring the Commission on Artistic Property to oversee the care and maintenance of the monument; and establishing the Commission on the Ten Commandments Monument.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [HB-1462]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Reporting Arrests of Students - Alterations [HB-1211]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency making an arrest of a student for a reportable offense or an offense related to the student's membership in a criminal organization to report the arrest to the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Juvenile Services Education Program, the State Board of Education, and the State's Attorney; requiring the State's Attorney to notify the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Juvenile Services Education Program, and the State Board of the disposition of the offense; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Custody - Determinations [HB-1191]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a material change in circumstances since the issuance of the order that related to the needs of the child or the ability of the parents to meet those needs and that modifying the order is in the best interests of the child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 483 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Methodist Church Trust Requirement - Repeal [HB-1182]
[Religion ]
Repealing a requirement that the assets of any Methodist Church be held in trust for the United Methodist Church and be subject to the control of the Church; repealing a provision of law providing that the absence of a trust clause in any deed or conveyance executed before June 1, 1953, does not exclude certain local churches from certain provisions of law or responsibilities related to the United Methodist Church; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Masked Intimidation - Prohibition (Unmask Hate Act) [HB-1081]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while hiding or concealing their face; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $500 or both for a first offense, and for subsequent offenses, imprisonment of up to 180 days and a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both; and establishing certain affirmative defenses for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Toles
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. [SR-37]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Religion ]
Recognize January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/26/2025
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session
Provide immunity for security personnel of a religious organization. [HB-1214]
[Religion ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Provide immunity for security personnel of a religious organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen
Scheduled For Hearing on 02/10/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's violation of a public school's or public institution of higher education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism. [HB-2391]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's violation of a public school's or public institution of higher education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Raymond
Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 04/29/2025